CJ Prince

Nov 21, 2024 | boardmember.com | C.J. Prince |CJ Prince

For corporate directors, the current climate around ESG has been feeling like a rock-and-a-hard-space situation. On the one hand, a wave of regulations in the U.S. and European Union requiring, or soon to require, enhanced disclosure by publicly traded companies on climate-related and other social and environmental risks, all of which is likely to require boards to deepen their understanding of these issues and their implications for business risks and opportunities.

Nov 7, 2024 | boardmember.com | C.J. Prince |CJ Prince

In 2001, Enron’s spectacular collapse stunned Wall Street, wiping out more than $40 billion in shareholder value and devastating thousands of employees. At the center of the scandal was Andy Fastow, the company’s former CFO, who later pled guilty to securities fraud and served six years in prison.

Oct 31, 2024 | boardmember.com | C.J. Prince |CJ Prince

Every CEO transition is high stakes for a board and its company: An effective succession plan can mitigate turbulence and ensure a steady course forward, while a poorly executed one risks missteps that ripple across the organization. At our recent Boardroom Summit, Verisk CEO Lee Shavel and Matt Paese, DDI’s SVP of Leadership Insights, shed light on what it takes to make succession planning a lasting success.

Oct 24, 2024 | boardmember.com | C.J. Prince |CJ Prince

Your board is made up of experienced, high-caliber individuals who know how to ask tough questions, are capable of constructive debate, and are all eager to help steer the company in the right direction. That should ultimately lead to timely, savvy decision-making…right? Not always. As seasoned directors know too well, even boards with top-tier talent and the best of intentions fall prey to biases, entrenched thinking, and internal dynamics that hinder effective decision-making.

May 9, 2024 | boardmember.com | C.J. Prince |CJ Prince

If the topic of Generative AI has been hogging an increasing share of your meeting agendas, your board is hardly alone. Since it was unleashed on the general public two years ago, GenAI has become the subject of endless news stories that seem to alternate between predictions of game-changing benefits for the modern enterprise and dire warnings of gloom and doom.